Thomas Jäger

This article is about the racing driver from Germany. For the racing driver from Austria, see Thomas Jäger (Austrian racing driver). For other people named Thomas Jager, see Thomas Jager.

Thomas Jäger
Jäger in 2011.
Nationality	German
Born	(1976-10-27) 27 October 1976 Chemnitz, West Germany
ADAC GT Masters
Years active	2008–13
Teams	Polarweiss Racing MS Racing Callaway Competition Schnabl Engineering
Starts	32
Wins	1
Poles	2
Fastest laps	3
Best finish	15th in 2010
Previous series
2010, 12 2007–09 2005 2000–03 1998–99	FIA GT1 World Championship Porsche Carrera Cup Germany World Touring Car Championship Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters German Formula Three
Championship titles
2009	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany

Thomas Jäger (born 27 October 1976) is a German professional racing driver.

Career

Born in Chemnitz, Jäger competed in the Renault Spider Trophy in 1997. He began competing in the German Formula Three Championship in 1998, where he finished third behind Christijan Albers and Marcel Fässler in 1999.

Jäger then raced in the DTM for Mercedes-Benz between 2000 and 2003. He took two podiums and a best championship finish of seventh, in 2001. Jäger was signed by Hotfiel Sport for their World Touring Car Championship campaign in 2005, although Jäger left after four rounds.

Jäger won the German Mini Challenge in 2006, and moved to the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany in 2007, which he won in 2009.

In 2010 he began working as coordinator for AMG Customer Sports.

In 2014, Jäger finished second at the Bathurst 12 Hour, co-driving a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 for HTP Motorsport alongside Maximilian Buhk and Harold Primat.

Racing record

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2000	Team D2 AMG	AMG Mercedes CLK-DTM	HOC 1 7	HOC 2 14	OSC 1 6	OSC 2 4	NOR 1 7	NOR 2 13	SAC 1 NC	SAC 2 9	NÜR 1 7	NÜR 2 17	LAU 1 C	LAU 2 C	OSC 1 DNS	OSC 2 8	NÜR 1 7	NÜR 2 3	HOC 1 12	HOC 2 8			11th	52
2001	Team D2 AMG	AMG Mercedes CLK-DTM	HOC QR 3	HOC CR 5	NÜR QR 4	NÜR CR 3	OSC QR 9	OSC CR 10	SAC QR 14	SAC CR 13	NOR QR 20	NOR CR DNS	LAU QR 7	LAU CR 4	NÜR QR Ret	NÜR CR 4	A1R QR Ret	A1R CR DNS	ZAN QR 12	ZAN CR 12	HOC QR 12	HOC CR 10	7th	43
2002	Persson Motorsport	AMG Mercedes CLK-DTM 2001	HOC QR 19	HOC CR 8	ZOL QR 14	ZOL CR 19†	DON QR 10	DON CR 11	SAC QR 14	SAC CR 15	NOR QR 7	NOR CR Ret	LAU QR 12	LAU CR 13	NÜR QR 7	NÜR CR 13	A1R QR 14	A1R CR 17	ZAN QR 12	ZAN CR 9	HOC QR 15	HOC CR 11	18th	0
2003	Persson Motorsport	AMG Mercedes CLK-DTM 2002	HOC 10	ADR Ret	NÜR 12	LAU 14	NOR 9	DON 7	NÜR Ret	A1R 9	ZAN 13	HOC 11											13th	2

• † — Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2005	Ford Hotfiel Sport	Ford Focus	ITA 1 28	ITA 2 Ret	FRA 1 24	FRA 2 22	GBR 1 18	GBR 2 17	SMR 1 26	SMR 2 19	MEX 1	MEX 2	BEL 1	BEL 2	GER 1	GER 2	TUR 1	TUR 2	ESP 1	ESP 2	MAC 1	MAC 2	NC	0

Complete GT1 World Championship results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Points
2010	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Lamborghini	ABU QR Ret	ABU CR 17	SIL QR	SIL CR	BRN QR 14	BRN CR 13	PRI QR	PRI CR	SPA QR	SPA CR	NÜR QR DNS	NÜR CR 19	ALG QR	ALG CR	NAV QR	NAV CR	INT QR	INT CR	SAN QR	SAN CR	54th	0
2012	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz	NOG QR 7	NOG CR 4	ZOL QR 2	ZOL CR 4	NAV QR 6	NAV QR 3	SVK QR 8	SVK CR 10	ALG QR 6	ALG CR 1	SVK QR 4	SVK CR 8	MOS QR 5	MOS CR 8	NUR QR 6	NUR CR 8	DON QR 6	DON CR 6			6th	100

* Season still in progress.

External links

• Official website
• Thomas Jäger career summary at DriverDB.com